任せ (Makase): Leaving Everything Up to Someone Else

Meaning

English

leaving everything up to someone else

Reading

Kana

まかせ

Romaji

makase

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 70769 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

任期

にんき

term of office

任務

にんむ

duty

任意

にんい

arbitrary

任命

にんめい

appointment

任せる

まかせる

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone)

任す

まかす

to entrust (to someone)

任

にん

obligation

任地

にんち

one's place of appointment

任官

にんかん

appointment (to an office)

任用

にんよう

appointment

任意出頭

にんいしゅっとう

voluntarily appearing for police questioning

任意同行

にんいどうこう

going along voluntarily to be questioned by police

Example Sentences

10

この仕事は私に任せてください。

このしごとはわたしにまかせてください。

Please leave this job to me.

子どもを姉に任せて出かけた。

こどもをあねにまかせてでかけた。

I left my child with my older sister and went out.

彼にすべてを任せるのは危ない。

かれにすべてをまかせるのはあぶない。

It's dangerous to leave everything to him.

結果は運に任せるしかない。

けっかはうんにまかせるしかない。

We can only leave the result to luck.

任せて！

Let me handle this.

任せる。

I'll leave it to you.

任せて。

Leave it to me.

後は任せた！

The rest is left to you!

任せるよ。

I trust you.

任せろよ。

Leave it to me.